 | Francis Ripley - 1973 - 332 pàgines
...Peter. "Those who received his word were baptised, and there were added that day about 3,000 souls. And they devoted themselves to the Apostles' teaching...fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers". This last sentence introduces an interesting note, in fact a vital feature of the infant Church, its... | |
 | Adrien Nocent - 1977 - 420 pàgines
...the Acts of the Apostles remind us (2:46). We are told, by way of summary, that the first Christians "devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and...fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers" (Acts 2:42). As a result, the early Christians probably accepted as obligatory and even inevitable... | |
 | McGavran Dona - 1977 - 534 pàgines
...multitudes of converts, new Christians and revived old Christians regularly gathering together and devoting themselves "to the apostles' teaching, and fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and the prayers." Where they do these things makes little difference. It may be in magnificent church buildings or humble... | |
 | Catholic Church. Pope (1978-2005 : John Paul II), Pope John Paul II - 1997 - 108 pàgines
...mission they had received. The members of the first Christian community are seen in it as "devoted to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers".31 Without any doubt we find in that a lasting image of the Church being born of and continually... | |
 | Leonhard Goppelt - 1982 - 380 pàgines
...shaping of the pericope. "Thus also Kretschmar, op. cit. (n. 8), pp. 16f. community of the Jewish people. "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching...fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers" (Acts 2:42). The elements mentioned here were characteristically structural elements both of the common... | |
 | Josemaría Escrivá - 1982 - 500 pàgines
...should reflect on this new life which we are receiving and be moved by God's affection and tenderness. "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of the bread and the prayers."12 That is how the 11 Jn 15:5. 12 Acts 2:42. Scriptures describe the life... | |
 | William H. Willimon - 1984 - 124 pàgines
...the pastoral prayer, and the final hymn) are made. In this pattern we fulfill the ancient word: And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching...fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. (Acts 2:42) The Gracious Host In the Word and Table pattern the leader of worship might think of himself... | |
 | Joseph W. Witmer - 1986 - 364 pàgines
...service to the whole community. They exercise their authority in fulfilling ministerial functions related to "the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers" (Acts 2.42). This pastoral authority belongs primarily to the bishop, who is responsible for preserving... | |
 | Irénée Henri Dalmais, Aimé Georges Martimort, Pierre Jounel - 1986 - 324 pàgines
...when the community expanded after Pentecost: "they devoted themselves to [were proskarterountes inj the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers" (Acts 2:42l. Admittedly, the Acts of the Apostles presents a somewhat idealized Church, but the historian... | |
 | Lawrence Cunningham - 1987 - 196 pàgines
...part of his mystical body . The Church of the Acts of the Apostles sets the standard for the Church: "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching...fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers" (Acts 2:42). How does one live in the Church? With a serene conviction that it is there that we can... | |
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They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 
